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Verse 23
to my wounding Or, who wounded me. Cain had slain an unoffending man and yet was protected by Jehovah; how much more Lamech, who had slain in self-defence.

Verse 25
Seth i.e. Sheth = appointed.

Verse 26
Enos i.e. mortal. call upon the name Or, call themselves by the name of Jehovah. Contra. Genesis 12:8; 26:25. =CHAPTER 5=

Verse 1
Adam Adam, as the natural head of the race Luke 3:38 is a contrasting type of Christ, the Head of the new creation. See ; Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 15:21,22,45-47.

Verse 22
Enoch Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" Hebrews 11:5 before the judgment of the Flood, is a type of those saints who are to be translated before the apocalyptic judgments 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17. Noah, left on the earth, but preserved through the judgment of the Flood, is a type of the Jewish people, who will be kept through the apocalyptic judgments ; Jeremiah 30:5-9; Revelation 12:13-16 and brought as an earthly people to the new heaven and new earth ; Isaiah 65:17-19; 66:20-22; Revelation 21:1.